[bc_video video_id=”5721862941001″ account_id=”3690581442001″ player_id=”H1NR7MVXz”] ORLANDO – After about 23 false starts, Major League Soccer unveiled a team in Miami this week. Did it ever. The announcement was held at the swanky Knight Concert Hall. There were bands and confetti cannons and fans belted out “Guantanamera,” with a slight lyrical change. “One David Beckham, there’s […]
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MIAMI – Days after David Beckham’s triumphant return to Miami to celebrate Major League Soccer approving the city for a new team, community organizers in Overtown are trying to rally residents against building a 25,000-seat stadium there. Organizers are sending out fliers that resemble eviction notices to public housing residents near the planned stadium […]
The expansion Los Angeles Football Club has reached a multiple-year agreement with YouTube TV in which the subscription-content provider will place its name and logo on the team’s jerseys and stream the club’s locally televised games in English. LAFC is thought to be the first professional sports franchise in North America to offer its games […]
Former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo has filed a complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation with the U.S. Olympic Committee, accusing it of illegally favoring Major League Soccer. Solo, among eight candidates running in the Feb. 10 election to succeed Sunil Gulati as USSF president, said in a 38-page complaint announced Tuesday that […]
MIAMI — David Beckham has already received a slew of congratulatory messages after it became official Monday that he was awarded Major League Soccer’s 25th franchise. One of the latest to do so: Fellow soccer phenom Lionel Messi. A video of Messi, the 30-year-old FC Barcelona striker from Argentina, surfaced on social media Monday night […]
Orlando City continued loading up on talent to bolster its roster, signing midfielder Oriol “Uri” Rosell pending receipt of his ITC and P-1 Visa. The Lions acquired him using the No. 1 position in the Major League Soccer Allocation Ranking Order, which the Lions got from FC Dallas in exchange for $400,000 in Targeted Allocation […]
MLS and the top Mexican league are in discussions about an annual match between their respective champions, starting as early as this fall, multiple sources said on Tuesday. The proposed first meeting would probably take place in mid-September at Toronto’s BMO Field between MLS Cup champion Toronto FC and a Liga MX club, presumably the […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”10″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Orlando City closed its Cyle Larin chapter Tuesday, issuing a statement confirming a transfer agreement has been reached between the Major League Soccer club and Turkish side Beşiktaş J.K. “After recognizing the existence of a valid contract, Beşiktaş J.K. has agreed with Orlando City SC […]
Jack Harrison officially is leaving New York City FC. Harrison signed with Manchester City FC on a three-and-a-half-year deal and subsequently was loaned to Championship club Middlesbrough FC until the end of the season, according to a statement released by the club Tuesday. “I’ll forever be grateful to everyone at New York City FC for having […]
In an LAFC locker room full of leading men, Tyler Miller is a role player. Three teammates on the first-year soccer club have been to a World Cup and two others, forwards Carlos Vela and Diego Rossi, will be paid more than $2 million this season. Meanwhile, Miller, a goalkeeper acquired in last month’s expansion […]